Watch-chain fastener



J. LOMAN.

WATCH CHAIN FASTENER: APPLICATION FILED FEB, 23. 1922.

Patented July 18, 1922.-

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WATCH-CHAIN FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18. 1 922,.

Application filed February 23, 1922. SerialNo. 538,820.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN LOMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVatch-Chain Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in watch chain fasteners, of the form such as is shown and described. in my application filed July 28, 1921, Serial No. 187,014 and used for supporting the free end of a watch chain and the guard at said end from the belt and having a pair of spring fingers for cooperating with said guard, and the object ofmy improvement is to produce a fastener or support that has certain advantages over the particular form mentioned whereby a cushioning effect of the material of the belt is utilized in effecting the holding of the guard and chain end; a skeleton wall is used on one side that involves the provision of an opening that permits of placing the device on the belt and removing the same at any relative position desired, without slipping the device over the end of the belt; and that is adapted to expose the other, full and unbroken side at the front, free from any obstruction, with the opposite side, of skeleton form, as mentioned, at the rear side of the belt so as to be covered and concealed thereby.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of part of a belt and a buckle, with one of my improved watch chain fasteners mounted on the belt part. p

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same, with a watch chain guard and the free end of a watch chain supported by the watch chain fastener.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the watch chain fastener.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank for the same.

My improved watch chain fastener is adapted primarily for use in cases in which the watch is held in the watch pocket of the trousers and use of the device'permits the watch to be retained in said pocket when the trousers are removed without the need of giving any attention to the watch or chain, as these are all handled together as a unit.

To this end, my improved watch chain fastener comprises in combination some form of loop structure for receiving and en closing the belt and a hook structure for receiving and supporting the watch guard and the end of the chain that is attached thereto.

In the particular form shown herewith, said loop structure is of skeleton form, comprising a gap or opening that is adapted to admit the belt, so that it can be mounted thereon at any desired position along the belt. That is to say, one wall is of skeleton form, said wall, as shown being at the rear. Thus the rear wall iscomposed of a downwardly extending wing 10 at the upper edge portion that is opposed to the upper portion of the rear face of the belt 11 and a relatively short upwardly extending lip 12 that is opposed to the lower portion of said rear face.

The lower portion of the skeleton rear wall is further extended upwardly at the sides by the two spring arms 13 that are in spaced relation, being separated by the space 1 1. Said arms 13 are positioned in parallelism and are shaped suitably to provide a housing space 15 adjacent the lip 12 for the guard 16, whereby said guard 16 will be held in resilient engagement with the rear face 17 of the belt 11.

. Thus the cushioning effect of the material of the belt 11 is utilized in effecting a clamping of the guard in cooperation with the spring fingers 13.

The wing 10 and the lip 12 are'each connected by means of a short connecting piece 18 with the front wall 19, which latter is of plate-like form and may be shaped in accordance with any fanciful design, as may be desired.

While the device may be used in the reversed position from that shown, by using the plate-like wall 19 for the front wall the only portion substantially that is exposed and visible is said plate-like wall 19, and the holding devices are concealed.

The chain end 20 is housed in the space 14 between the arms or fingers 13.

The belt 11 is housed in the space 21 that is enclosed by the front wall 19, connecting pieces 18, and the skeleton wall described, and is admitted to said space through the gap or opening 22 between the wing 10 and the fingers or arms 13. the latter having free ends 23 shaped to facilitate the entrance of the guard 16 along the rear face 17 of the the top and bottom by short connecting 10 pieces, a pair of spring fingers in spaced relation for receiving a Watch chain guard and chain end connected to said guard, and said fingers being in the form of extensions of the border Wall on one side of said belt 15 receiving space.

JOHN LOMAN. 

